In modern multiprocessor systems, processors can be stalled by inter-task communication when reading from a remote buffer. This paper presents a solution for the inter-task communication, that has a minimal impact on the performance of the system, hides the inter-task communication latency without requiring additional hardware. The solution applies to jobs, represented as task graphs, where the...

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A novel FLC (Fuzzy Logic Controller) for eliminating buffer overflow at the user level is proposed. It tunes the buffer size in a dynamic manner to ensure that the buffer length always covers the queue length by the given safety margin ∆ . The FLC operation is based on the objective function: 2 } , 0 { ∆ . Our timing analysis shows that the FLC requires very short execution time for its control...

The buffer allocation problem is an NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem and it is an important research issue in designing manufacturing systems. The problem deals with finding optimal buffer sizes to be allocated into buffer areas in a production system to achieve a specific objective. This paper presents a comprehensive survey on buffer allocation problem in production systems. To prov...

This paper studies the video buffer control for streaming video data to mobile devices. We target on the design challenge when the wireless link quality is dynamic due to the the environmental factors or user mobility. We develop a Dynamic and Agile bufforcontrol scheme, called DAB, that adaptively adjusts the video buffer size based on the measurements of the signal strength (RSSI) and acceler...

4. Incubation of homogenates in acetate buffer leads to a progressive release of enzyme from the granules to the solution. This does not occur in citrate buffer. 5. In concentrated homogenates, the presence of the insoluble enzyme fraction can lead to false results for the total activity. 6. The pH-activity curves for the hydrolysis of phenolphthalein glucuronide in acetate buffer by the solubl...